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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The 48th Ronin" data-source="post: 5278227" data-attributes="member: 1951">So I got a few of the cast bronze pieces back for the ghost knife before the holidays.[ATTACH=full]1540012[/ATTACH]First thing I did was to check the fit of the socket - as expected there was some shrinkage, so I had to do a bit of grinding and sanding on the plug. Then I coated the inside of the socket with Vaseline, slathered Bondo onto the plug, and then squished the socket onto it (the reverse of the process that I used to create the master pattern of the socket).[ATTACH=full]1540013[/ATTACH]Once again I had a nice precise fit between the two.After a two week break for the holidays I was a bit slow to get back into a groove with my projects. But I eventually started chipping away at it again. The next step was to clean up the castings - this involved sawing the nubs off with a jeweler's saw, sandblasting, some grinding with a Dremel, a bit of clean-up with diamond needle files, more sandblasting, sanding with "fine" grit sponge back sanding pads, buffing with red and green Scotchbrite pads, sanding with "super fine" grit sponge back sanding pads, and then buffing with super fine steel wool.[ATTACH=full]1540014[/ATTACH]Shiny!Next step will be getting the parts soldered together...</blockquote>

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